US5963830A - Method of forming a TiN/W barrier layer for a hot Al plug - Google Patents
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- the dimension of IC chips becomes more miniature to meet the demand for higher integration density and thus results in more narrow line width from micrometer to submicrometer.
- a multilevel metalization structure is needed to fulfill the requirement of complicated metal interconnections to save interconnecting occupation area.
- IMD Inter Metal Dielectric
- the first metal layer of a multilevel metalization structure is formed over source/drain regions of field effect transistors and opening of first metal layer is not called vias but contact holes.
- the outlooking shape of both contact holes and vias resembles mouths of bottles so something like plugs is needed for interconnections. Plugs used in contact holes are called contact plugs, while via plugs are used in vias. Recently, a variety of material systems and structures of plugs are developed but accompanying their disadvantages.
- Tungsten (W) formed by a CVD method having advantages of a type of conformal step coverage and a refractory nature is used as material of plugs. If the whole plugs are made by W, the large amount of expensive WF s gas would be exhausted and inevitablyincrease manufacturing cost which loses competitiveness of the product.
- Al material is widely used as interconnection material since it has not only low price but easily accessible.
- the key factor that limits Al in plug application is that Al atoms may diffuse into underlying silicon substrate (i.e. source/drain regions of field effect transistors) in following high temperature processes such as metal sputtering and thus form Al pits with a shape of spike which causes a leakage current of source/drain regions and a reliability problem.
- a barrier metal layer such as TiN is conventionally formed beneath Al layer to prevent Al atoms from diffusion into silicon substrate.
- a TiN layer may be formed by a variety of methods. For example, it is formed by reactive sputtering Ti target in N 2 ambient. Or, it is formed by first depositing Ti layer by a sputtering method and then annealed by a rapid thermal nitridation in a N 2 or NH 3 ambient.
- FIG. 1 is a cross-sectional view of a conventional plug structure; wherein 1 is a silicon substrate or a patterned metal layer and 2 is an IMD layer having a contact hole or a via 21. For description convenience, a contact hole is also called a via hereinafter.
- a via 21 shown in FIG. 1 resembling a recess with circular cross section is first formed on an IMD layer 2 and then filled with interconnection material of TiN layer 3 and Al layer 4.
- a TiN layer 3 has a type of poor step coverage; for example, if a TiN layer is deposited to a thickness of 100 angstroms in a recess with diameter of 0.6 ⁇ and aspect ratio (height/width) larger than 3, there would be a very thin region occurred in the corner of a recess, shown as ⁇ of FIG. 1 and thus causes the TiN layer to lose its barrier function.
- an alternative method is that it is replaced by W material for having not only a type of conformal step coverage but a refractory nature.
- W is a chemical product of expensive WF 6 gas so this method would increase manufacturing cost and make it unfavorable to mass production.
- a fabricating method of a via structure having a type of conformal step coverage, effectively preventing Al diffusion, and having a low manufacturing cost is urgently needed and the present invention provides a novel method to meet this requirement.
- an object of the invention is to provide a method of forming a barrier metal layer for a hot Al plug providing effective prevention of Al diffusion.
- a further object of the invention is to provide a method of forming a barrier metal layer for a hot Al plug having a type of conformal step coverage and thus rasing production yield.
- a still further object of the invention is to provide a method of forming a barrier metal layer for a hot Al plug which reduces manufacturing cost to make it feasible for mass production.
- a barrier metal layer according to the present invention is a stacked structure comprising a top layer of Tungsten (W) formed by a Chemical Vapor Deposition (CVD) method and a bottom layer of TiN. Then, a Al interconnection layer deposited at high temperature fills a plug and finishes a plug structure having advantages of low manufacturing cost and full prevention of Al diffusion.
- W Tungsten
- CVD Chemical Vapor Deposition
- FIG. 1 is a cross-sectional view of a conventional plug structure.
- FIG. 2 is a cross-sectional view of a novel plug structure according to the present invention.
- FIG. 2 is a cross-sectional view of a plug structure according to the present invention.
- an IMD layer 2 is deposited over a silicon substrate 1 (the silicon substrate can be replaced by a patterned metal layer in a via structure case) and the material of an IMD layer 2 can be selected from the group consisting of silicon dioxide. Phosphosilicate Glass (PSG), and Boron-Phosphosilicate Glass (BPSG).
- PSG Phosphosilicate Glass
- BPSG Boron-Phosphosilicate Glass
- a via 21 is formed after standard photolithography processes including exposure and developing and then etching an IMD layer 2 using a patterned photoresist as a mask.
- a barrier metal layer 3 is formed over the IMD layer 2 and a via 21 to a thickness of 100 angstroms; wherein a barrier metal layer is TiN and its forming method is described previously.
- a TiN layer can be formed by reactive sputtering Ti target in N 2 ambient or formed by first depositing Ti layer by a sputtering method and then annealed by a rapid thermal nitridation in N 2 or NH 3 ambient.
- a W layer 31 is then deposited over the barrier metal layer 3 by a CVD method to a thickness of 500 A.
- the W layer 31 not only ameliorates step coverage of TiN layer but also provides a full prevention of Al diffusion when combined with the underlying TiN layer 3; thereby, the problem of Al pits occurred in source/drain regions is solved and thus eliminates a leakage current in devices and the reliability problem.
- the thickness of W layer 31 according to the invention is much thinner than that of W layer in a conventional plug structure, its manufacturing cost according to the invention can be remarkably reduced.
- a hot Al layer 4 is deposited over the W layer 31 at a high temperature which is above the melting point of aluminum ° C. and used as an interconnection layer.
- a plug structure according to the invention has a type of conformal step coverage, thereby remarkably increasing production yield.
- the metal diffusion of interconnection layer such as Al atoms can be totally prevented, thereby eliminating Al pits and a leakage current occurred in the source/drain regions of field effect transistors which is favorable to rasing reliability of devices.
- the manufacturing cost according to the invention can be remarkably reduced since the thickness of W layer is much thinner than that of the conventional art which is favorable to remarkably reduce the expenditure of WF 6 gas.
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US7018942B1 (en) | 2002-06-26 | 2006-03-28 | Cypress Semiconductor Corporation | Integrated circuit with improved RC delay |
US7192867B1 (en) | 2002-06-26 | 2007-03-20 | Cypress Semiconductor Corporation | Protection of low-k dielectric in a passivation level |
US6977217B1 (en) | 2002-12-03 | 2005-12-20 | Cypress Semiconductor Corporation | Aluminum-filled via structure with barrier layer |
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